Is Much Ado About Nothing the best film of the summer so far? Absolutely. Is it the best film of the year? Too soon to tell, but probably. Turns out, the increasingly amazing Joss Whedon (who directed last summer's The Avengers, as if I have to tell you) can do Shakespeare, too. His new modern-dress (and modern-attitude) production is so unfussy and lucid that it fools you into thinking it's effortless, which it simply could not have been. It's in B&W, BTW, but not that washed-out, hipsterish black and white that we recently saw in Frances Ha. This is closer to the expressive, "colorful" kind that was used in its heyday. But why am I dwelling on the photography when I could be talking about the wonderful performances, which bring out every bit of hilarity lurking in the Bard's comedy? Most critics are making a major fuss about this movie and, for once, it's much ado about something.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Much Ado About Nothing review
Is Much Ado About Nothing the best film of the summer so far? Absolutely. Is it the best film of the year? Too soon to tell, but probably. Turns out, the increasingly amazing Joss Whedon (who directed last summer's The Avengers, as if I have to tell you) can do Shakespeare, too. His new modern-dress (and modern-attitude) production is so unfussy and lucid that it fools you into thinking it's effortless, which it simply could not have been. It's in B&W, BTW, but not that washed-out, hipsterish black and white that we recently saw in Frances Ha. This is closer to the expressive, "colorful" kind that was used in its heyday. But why am I dwelling on the photography when I could be talking about the wonderful performances, which bring out every bit of hilarity lurking in the Bard's comedy? Most critics are making a major fuss about this movie and, for once, it's much ado about something.
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